E-on Software to Ship Vue 10 Early November

VUE 10 PRE RELEASE AVAILABLE FOR USERS UNDER
MAINTENANCE

E-on software, the leader in Digital Nature solutions today
announced the formal unveiling of its upcoming Vue 10 product line
- scheduled for release early November, 2011.

Among other significant advances, this new release introduces a
number of major enhancements such as spline and road tools, a new
rock technology, streamlined terrain editing, a physical water
shading engine along with significant improvements in overall
rendering performance and artistic control.

Release Schedule and Product Lineup

E-on software expects to release the entire Vue 10 product line
early November 2011*.

The Vue 10 product line is built around the same three-tiered
structure:

Vue 10 for 3D Enthusiasts: Vue Pioneer and Theme-Packs,
Vue 3D SuperHero and Vue Frontier.
Published by Cornucopia3D and powered by e-on software, these
products feature content-filled, easy-to-use scenic nature creation
for home and family use, with Vue Frontier specifically dedicated
to Poser™ and Daz|Studio™ users.

*Professional solutions will ship first, followed closely by
products for 3D Artists and 3D Enthusiasts.

Next Generation Features

Capitalizing on breakthrough technologies introduced in previous
versions, Vue 10 adds a number of new and extended features such
as:

Spline and Road Tools: Vue 10 includes a
comprehensive spline toolkit that can be used for EcoSystems,
terrain effects, building roads or creating objects. An automatic
Path-finding algorithm can also be used to build realistic roads at
the surface of terrains.

Dynamic Rocks: Vue 10 features a library of
dynamic rock templates that can be used to instantly create single
rocks, groups of rocks, or use them in EcoSystems. Each time the
user creates a rock from a template, a new and unique variation
will be generated.

Water Shading Engine and Physical
Transparency: Physical water adds absorption and
scattering parameters to allow for realistic light absorption in
the body of water. Ocean waves now accurately affect incident light
to produce realistic underwater caustics.

Render Comparison: The new render display
dialog now lets the user stack and compare previous renders. Users
can overlay and compare 2 renders (including multi-pass layers) and
use HDR difference tools for in depth analysis. Lightweight render
clones can be created to test various postprocessing effects,
without altering the original render.

EcoSystem Phase and Lean-out Control: Vue 10
lets the user individually control the phase (animation offset) of
animated elements inside EcoSystem populations for creating more
natural animations. Phase is totally user-controllable on a per
instance basis, using the function graph. EcoSystem Lean-out
Control lets the user define how the EcoSystem instances lean out
towards zones of lower density.

Terrain Editing Improvements: Users can now
precisely preview the active zones when painting with a brush that
has Environment Constraints applied. A new Custom 3D terrain brush
is added to the brush collection. Mask rotation can also be
enabled/disabled when painting in the terrain editor. Material
painting in the terrain editor is markedly improved. A new Strata3D
node is added for the creation of realistic canyon walls and
stratified rock formations. And much more!

Edge-based Anti-Aliasing: A new edge-based
anti-aliasing algorithm is added to complement the previous
color-based anti-aliasing strategy. Both AA settings can be
configured independently.

Improved Depth of Field and Motion Blur.

Up to 30% Faster Rendering Speed: Significant
internal optimizations made to Vue 10’s rendering engine will
result in dramatically accelerated rendering.

More details on the new features as well as the complete
description pages will be published at the time of release.

Vue 10 xStream / Infinite Pre-Release Versions
Immediately Available

Users of Vue xStream or Vue Infinite under maintenance will
receive the upgrade to the corresponding Vue 10 product at no
charge, and if desired, can download a pre-release version of their
Vue 10 upgrade immediately.

Vue 10 xStream and Vue 10 Infinite are expected to ship in the
first half of November 2011. Customers who purchased Vue 9.5
xStream or Infinite within 30 days of the release of Vue 10 will
receive Vue 10 at no cost as part of the Free 30 Day Maintenance
included with all new purchases.

Vue 9 Esprit, Studio or Complete users who enrolled in e-on's
product subscription program will receive their
upgrade to Vue 10 for free as soon as the product is released
(early November).

About e-on software

E-on software is the leading developer of solutions for the
creation, animation, rendering and integration of natural 3D
environments. Offering a wide array of Digital Nature products and
applications, e-on software provides solutions adapted to every
project and budget. E-on software products are used worldwide by
the film, television, architecture, game, science, educational and
entertainment industries.

E-on software products were used in feature films such as as
"Thor", "Avatar", "Clash of the
Titans", "Despicable Me", "The Wolf Man",
"2012", "Lovely Bones", "The Imaginarium
of Doctor Parnassus", "GI Joe – The Rise of the
Cobra", "The Proposal", "Land of the
Lost", "Terminator 4, "The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button", "Indiana Jones 4", "Monster Vs
Aliens", "Australia", "The Spiderwick
Chronicles", "KungFu Panda", "Pirates of the
Caribbean 2" and TV series such as "Smallville",
"Battlestar Gallactica", "Caprica",
"Stargate Atlantis", "Stargate Continuum", and
more. Read more on these stories in e-on software's Spotlights
section: www.e-onsoftware.com/spotlight.

E-on software was founded on the premise that powerful graphics
tools should never get in the way of the designer's creativity. By
investing significant resources into research and development, e-on
software is able to deliver cutting-edge, user friendly
technologies that produce stunning Digital Nature scenery.

E-on software is based in Beaverton, Oregon with an European
office in Paris, France.